Tagged: Cruise & Maritime Voyages

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), celebrating their 10th Anniversary and operators of six ocean ships, is pleased to announce the launch of a dedicated cruise ship and product for the French market, the launch of a new brand and the opening of a new sales office in Marseille. (more…)

Sailing via the Azores and Caribbean, Columbus will transit the Panama Canal calling at magical islands of the South Seas to New Zealand and Australia, before unveiling highlights of Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. (more…)

The wait for the long-anticipated cruise departing from Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, just got a little longer. The cruise line operating the new route that will explore the Gulf of California has had to delay the launch date. Cruise and Maritime Voyages has canceled the three sailings scheduled for December and said the first cruise will depart Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point, on Jan. 2. (eu.azcentral.com)

“We have great pleasure in presenting our winter & spring 2020-21 cruise programme and biggest ever collection of escape the winter voyages aboard our fleet of traditional style smaller to mid-sized cruise ships sailing from London Tilbury, Bristol Avonmouth, Liverpool and Cobh, Cork in Ireland.” (more…)

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) has announced the introduction of themed cruises for its upcoming Australian season, including what is believed to be the first-ever gin-themed ocean cruise, as well as the world-first ‘Fringe on the Water’ event. (etbtravelnews.global)

Columbus sails from London Tilbury Saturday 21 Dec on a 16-night Christmas & New Year Canaries, Madeira & Morocco cruise calling at Rotterdam, Christmas Day spent at sea, Gibraltar, Casablanca for Marrakech, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Madeira, Lisbon, Vigo for Santiago de Compostela, returning to London Tilbury 6 Jan 2020. (more…)

The State Government of Western Australia, through Tourism Western Australia, has announced that Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV Australia) will homeport in Fremantle during the 2019-2020 season with the Vasco da Gama. Tourism WA has also said it negotiated a landmark marketing partnership to boost the state’s cruise tourism industry. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Cruise & Maritime Voyages has had to cancel the 14-night Baltic Cities & St Petersburg cruise holiday onboard Columbus, which was due to sail from London Tilbury, Thursday 27 June 2019. CMV does, however, have confirmation that Columbus will be leaving the shipyard on 7 July and resuming service on her following scheduled British Isles Discovery Cruise sailing from London Tilbury on 11 July. (more…)

Everyone at Cruise and Maritime Voyages is ready to greet the arrival of our latest cruise ship. Vasco da Gama joined the CMV fleet in April and will arrive at the London International Cruise Terminal in Tilbury on Thursday 6 June, following completion of her spectacular maiden voyage from Singapore. (more…)

Statement from Cruise & Maritime Voyages: “It is with much regret that Cruise & Maritime Voyages has had to cancel the 10-night British Isles Discovery cruise holiday onboard Columbus, which was due to sail from London Tilbury, Wednesday 5 June 2019.” (more…)

The Norwegian Maritime Authority has fined Greek cruise ship operator Global Cruise Lines Ltd. a total of $80,000 for using 0.17% sulphur fuel in a 0.10% sulfur ECA zone. In March, new Norwegian environmental requirements for emissions in several protected fjords – the Nærøyfjord, Aurlandsfjord, Geirangerfjord, Sunnylvsfjord and Tafjord – entered into force. (themeditelegraph.com)

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), the UK based destinational cruise operator, plans to add a ship to the UK market next year, Travel Weekly reports. The news came as CMV took delivery of its sixth vessel 1,220-passenger Vasco da Gama – its sixth ship – will be targeted at the German and Australian markets, but head of marketing Mike Hall said discussions had begun about adding a ship dedicated to the UK market next year. (cruisebusiness.com)

Cruise & Maritime Voyages is delighted to announce the arrival of the latest addition to our fleet, Vasco da Gama, in Singapore today (5 April, 2019). Vasco da Gama is the sixth ship to join the CMV fleet as we celebrate 10 years in operation. Her maiden voyage sails from Singapore to London Tilbury 22 April. (more…)

This unique program offers an authentic and memorable way to explore Mexico’s incredible Sea of Cortez by visiting eight contrasting ports on an 11-night cruise itinerary. The Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) is one of the most ecologically diverse places on the planet and described as a ‘living aquarium’ by the famous French explorer Jacques Cousteau. (more…)

Cruise and Maritime Voyages invited passengers on board Astor to make a special contribution to help the humanitarian crisis in Mozambique. Astor visited Maputo in the south of Mozambique on Sunday 24 March. (more…)

CMV is delighted to launch the Great Columbus 2020 Round the World Cruise promotion. Sail around the world on a romantic experience of a lifetime, the 120-night Columbus World Cruise 2020, is now available from £8,499pp including the Buy One Get One Free deal, New Bonus Saver Discount and Added Value Offers on selected cabin grades. (more…)

We are delighted to celebrate the launch of our 2020 cruise programme offering 108 different cruises sailing from 15 UK & Ireland ports. Highlights include the Norwegian fjords, Baltic Cities & Russia, Iceland, the Canary Islands & Madeira, Iberian highlights & Morocco, the River Seine, British Isles cruises, Land of the Northern Lights, Arctic Greenland and North Cape & Spitzbergen. (more…)

The new Magellan and Columbus sailings include a British Isles cruise, the Norwegian Fjords, the Baltic, Southern Norway and a Canary Islands and Madeira cruise with calls in Casablanca and Cadiz, fares are available from £399pp for a 6-night cruise to the Norwegian Fjords or £999pp for the Canary Islands and Madeira cruise. (more…)

On 9th October 2019 Vasco da Gama will sail from London Tilbury on a Southbound voyage to Sydney. This 53-night voyage will arrive in Sydney on 1st December in time to spend the Festive Season with friends and relatives. (more…)

CMV is extending the appeal of two cruises this October by adding a cricketing theme. Magellan departs from Bristol Port 22 October on a 6 nights European Cities & Rivers cruise visiting Rouen in France, Antwerp and Amsterdam. (more…)

The CMV Winter 2019/20 programme features a choice of three Christmas & New Year sailings ranging from 15, 16 and 27 nights. (more…)

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new 78-night Grand Africa & Indian Ocean Voyage. Marco Polo escapes the winter and heads south in search of African adventures on a voyage to Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya, plus calls in the Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Goa, India, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, the Holy Land and the Mediterranean. (more…)

Astor will sail Australian shores with Cruise & Maritime Voyages for the last time in March 2019. After six years of cruising from Fremantle and Adelaide, carrying more than 115,000 passengers and sailing 129,036 nautical miles, Astor will depart to make way for a new ship. (cruisecritic.com)

Vasco da Gama, Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ sixth ship will operate two voyages sailing from London Tilbury next year. Following in the steps of the famous Portuguese explorer CMV’s latest addition to the fleet will sail from Singapore to London Tilbury via India next April on a spectacular maiden voyage. (more…)

Psst. Have you heard? Arizona is getting a cruise port! Wait, what? A cruise port? Like…with ships? Cruise ships? Long touting itself as “Arizona’s beach,” thanks to specialty cruise line Cruise & Maritime Voyages, Puerto Penasco will be able to call itself “Arizona’s cruise port” come January 2020. (azfamily.com)

Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ Astoria will be the first vessel to use the new cruise terminal at Visby, also known as the Copenhagen Malmo Port (CMP), on the island of Gotland – Sweden. When the ship calls on Monday 16 April it will be the first of some 90 cruise calls. (more…)

With the announcement on Wednesday, 7th March 2018, that Cruise & Maritime Voyages had acquired Pacific Eden from P&O Australia, we invited all our valued Columbus Club members and Trade Partners to participate in naming her. Following the ‘explorer’ theme of our fleet, the choices were:- Pytheas, Vasco da Gama, Henry Hudson and Amerigo Vespucci. (more…)

Sailing under the brand name of Cruceros Maritimos Vacacionales, Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) and officials from Acapulco and the Mexican state of Guerrero have confirmed plans to launch service with the 1,400-passenger Magellan sailing from Acapulco during the winter season 2019. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Acapulco, long known as one of Mexico’s premier resort destinations, is going to become a cruise homeport. The Mexican Tourist Board in conjunction with British-based cruise operator CMV Travel & Leisure Group announced the new program due to start in February 2019. (maritime-executive.com)

Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) has a bullish new business plan: offering a Mexican Riviera product to the local market. Early 2019 will see the company launch its newest program, a brand for the Mexican market, Cruceros Marítimos Vacacionales. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Cruise & Maritime Voyages provided the opportunity for passengers on board the Astor in Australia on the World War 1 Memorial Themed Cruise to honour the ANZAC legends with a dawn memorial service. (more…)

British based cruise operator, CMV Travel & Leisure Group Limited (CMV) is pleased to announce the deployment of the 46,052grt Magellan to the Pacific Coast of Mexico for winter 2019 to support the launch of an exciting Cruceros Marítimos Vacacionales and Mexican Riviera cruise programme – aimed exclusively at the Mexican domestic market. (more…)

Cruise & Maritime Voyages has launched a further brochure – ‘Worldwide Winter Cruises 2018/19’. This new selection features a variety of different opportunities to see the world. From a short few days at some of Europe’s traditional Christmas Markets to South America, down to Australia and a Grand Round the World Cruise departing in January 2019 on board CMV’s flagship, Columbus. (more…)

Join Columbus and discover both the New World and the Old World on a 120 night ‘Grand Round the World’ cruise which went on sale 17th August. This World Cruise sets off from the London Cruise Terminal at Tilbury on the 5th January 2019. (more…)

Cruise and Maritime Voyages — well-known for specialising in adult-only no-fly cruises for Brits — has launched a series of multigenerational sailings, starting with two child-friendly voyages on the line’s flagship vessel, Columbus, in August 2017. (cruisecritic.com)